# Protoconchoididae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = 
| image = Protoconchoides NMNH.jpg
| image_caption = ''Protoconchoides varians'' fossil, [National Museum of Natural History](/source/National_Museum_of_Natural_History)
| taxon = Protoconchoididae
| authority = [Geyer](/source/G._Geyer), 1994<ref>Geyer G. 1994. New York State Museum, Geological Survey, Bulletin, 481: 81.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ref = <ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |year=2026 |title=Protoconchoididae Geyer, 1994 † |id=833693 |access-date=3 March 2026 |db=MolluscaBase}}</ref>
| subdivision = 
* †''[Kornoutella](/source/Kornoutella)'' <small>Horný, 1997</small>
* †''[Mytoconula](/source/Mytoconula)'' <small>Horný, 2009</small>
* †''[Patelliconus](/source/Patelliconus)'' <small>Horný, 1961</small>
* †''[Protoconchoides](/source/Protoconchoides)'' <small>Shaw, 1962</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms = Patelliconidae <small>Frýda, 1998</small>
}}

'''Protoconchoididae''' is an extinct [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [Paleozoic](/source/Paleozoic) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s of uncertain [taxonomic](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) position, i.e. they were either [Gastropoda](/source/Gastropoda) or [Monoplacophora](/source/Monoplacophora).

== Taxonomy ==
The [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005))<ref name="Bouchet">Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. https://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278</ref> categorizes Protoconchoididae within the 
[Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005)). This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.

== Genera ==
Genera in the family Protoconchoididae include:<ref name="WoRMS"/>
* †''[Kornoutella](/source/Kornoutella)'' <small>Horný, 1997</small>
* †''[Mytoconula](/source/Mytoconula)'' <small>Horný, 2009</small>
* †''[Patelliconus](/source/Patelliconus)'' <small>Horný, 1961</small>
* †''[Protoconchoides](/source/Protoconchoides)'' <small>Shaw, 1962</small> - [type genus](/source/type_genus) of the family Protoconchoididae

== References ==
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